Maybe the koi are tougher than the GF? It's the GF that showed signs of ich but
it was after the purchase of the koi from the feeder tank. The new and older
koi look ok.

I've been using Rid Ich along with salt. I don't have the test kit or a
thermometer yet so I don't know exactly how much salt is in there or the
temperature.

It's probably too late now but will Rid Ich kill the bio filter? What about
salt?

Will the bio thingys stay alive in the bigger pond that now has no fish? I
moved all the fish to my smaller pond so I would use less of the Rid Ich?

This is all really frustrating! I do appreciate all of the different ideas
and advice form you all!

Thanks, Judi

wrote:
Ich doesn't present on koi like goldfish usually. On goldfish it will look
like grains of salt, but koi don't aways show this. If the white spots are
bigger than a grain, you've got something else going on. The safest thing
you can treat with is salt, regardless, get it up to 0.3%. You need to be
watching your water chemistry. I highly suggest you use that gift
certificate on test kits as others have suggested. I know we've already
covered how to add & use the salt in other threads for you.

If indeed you need other medications, there are better ones out there that
don't kill the bio-filter, that PetsMart doesn't carry. ~ jan


From:

on koi it looks like a bad red rash and their fins are clamped. salt may
work, but
the only other way to treat this right now unless you can bring em inside. PP
can
work on other stuff outside in the pond. I see some oodinium on my koi, but
it
disappears quickly when the temp got up to 55oF.
what is the temp of your pond water? ingrid

wrote:
At the end of last summer I bought some baby koi out of the feeder tanks at
Pet
Smart. Along with the koi came lots of parasites(ich, anchor worms, etc.).
I
brought the fish inside for about 3 wks. until it looked like the parasites
were gone. They were fine all winter until last week when the temperatures
rose. (I'm in Bakersfield, CA). Anyway, there are already new signs of ich!
Since I've been reading posts on this site regarding salt, the use of salt
and
parasites, I'm not really sure what to do now. Do I use meds with salt?
Will
salt really kill ich? Should I start treating now or wait until it's
warmer?
Should I net the fish with spots and give them salt dips? Thanks for your
help.
Judi